I am a middle-aged white Jewish male. I grew up in the old South Africa
in a family who fought for equality and supported the ANC.
My cousin is Professor Albie Sachs and my home growing up was always filled with people we were hiding or helping.
In those days, the ANC was a struggle movement - a revolutionary party trying not to
use revolution as the tool to create peace but rather a growing world
wide sentiment to force change.
Great leaders like Nelson Mandela helped to bring about one of the most
bloodless coups in history - a sudden shift that defied logic. In one sudden breathless moment, a whole country came together as for the first time, a minority in power voted to give control to the majority.
It's much easier to use guns than words to bring about change - but these great men did it against the odds.
Yet you leaders of the ANC today are cowards. I call you this to your
face as you choose to either line your own pockets at the expense of the
country or - even worse - sit quietly whilst Zuma the thug rapes our
beloved country.
Today we ceased to be a democracy and instead became a dictatorship.
There is no difference anymore between South Africa and North Korea -
the will of the people has been overridden by a single man - aided in
this coup by cowards in positions of power who have let all their
predecessors fought for disappear in a moment.
Shame on you all. You are an offense to memories of the true struggle
leaders - portly, greedy and silent when you should be fighting with
every breathe to save us.
Today the ANC died. And perhaps our great country with it.
